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Desk Accessories For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Hollywood Regency
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Plate Windmill Letter Opener for KLM Airlines
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful sterling silver plate windmill letter opener for KLM Airlines in the Art Nouveau style, circa mid-20th century, Europe, Holland/Neth...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Faux Tusks by Maison Valenti for Valenti Luce, 1970s, Set of 2
By Valenti Luce
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very nice and rare pair of faux resin tusks designed and produced by Valenti in the 1970s. This pair is very rare due to its imposing size.
Category
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Desk Set W.M.F figure of justice
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Desk set W.M.F figure of justice
Inkwell and bell (bell)
Electroplated metal
Circa 1900 Origin Germany
Very good general condition
Business cards are placed in the front cab
Art Nouv...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Franz Bergmann, Viennese Bronze & Marble Erotic Sculptural Vide Poche, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions:
Height (w/ skirt down): 6.75 inches (17cm).
Height (w/ skirt up): 8.5 inches (21.25 cm).
Diameter of marble base: 6.25 inches (15.63 cm).
...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Business Card Holder Tray Catchall by Argentor, Germany, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous Catchall. Made of metal, was silver plated but lost most of the silver plate over the years. Beautiful color and patina.
This was made by Argentor, Germany in the early 1...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Christian Thomsen Royal Copenhagen 1903 Art Nouveau Porcelain Cocks Inkwell #524
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Designed by Christian Thomsen of Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, this fine antique porcelain inkstand features two white cocks feeding.
Created in 1...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze / Marble Lion Sculpture Decorative Piece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 20th century Art Nouveau style gilt bronze / black marble base lion sculpture decorative piece. The piece is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. Maker's m...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze and Green Glass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Among the most visually alluring and technically excellent of all Tiffany Studios New York's desk accessories, the exciting design for this refined but robustly rounded inkwell features green blown glass in pinched triangular forms that appear to dance in perfectly coordinated movement around the circumference of the piece. The negative space between the blown green glass appears in the form of stylized flowers with Minimalist linear accents in patinated bronze.
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
circa 1900
Dimensions: 3.75" height, 6.25" diameter
Materials: Leaded glass, bronze
Signed: "Tiffany Studios New York 25055” along with the Tiffany Studios monogram...
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Franz Bergmann, Crocodile, Vienna Bronze Sculptural Paperweight, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Franz Xaver Bergmann
Sculpture: Crocodile
This wonderful life-like little sculpture of a crocodile is actually a most convenient paperweight, and a perfect desk accesso...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Ormolu Dog Motif Letter Opener, Circa 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Austrian Ormolu dog motif letter opener, Circa 1900, With subtle art nouveau influences, the well cast ormolu letter opener, rests on either side or upright...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
Iridescent Art Nouveau Art Glass Inkwell
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning early Art Nouveau iridescent art glass inkwell, circa 1900s. The piece features a gorgeous array of rainbow iridescence from greens to blues to...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Swarovski Figurine Flowers Arrangement
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite retired Swarovski crystal daisy flowers arrangement designed by Michael Stamey. The figurine was part of the “Secret Garden theme” and featu...
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1990s Austrian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Business Card Holder Hollywood Regency, 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Glamoureus business card holder. Gold plated Perspex. Hollywood Regency style 1970s
Good condition.
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Iridescent Art Nouveau Art Glass Inkwell
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning early Art Nouveau gourd shaped iridescent art glass inkwell, circa 1900s. The piece features a gorgeous array of rainbow iridescence from green...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Early Leather Bound Ditzler Automotive Paint Chip Boxes
Located in Ferndale, MI
Early 20th century automotive color chip or sample container. Raised in the leather design the words Compose - Vogue - Series, and automobile colors with the Ditzier logo shown in th...
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Early 20th Century North American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Double Game Playing Cards Set Greek Key Design with Holder Stand
By Versace
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful double deck set of vintage game playing cards in black and gold with Greek-Key design, circa mid-20th century, Europe, possibly Italy. This set of two decks reside in ori...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
World Traffic Globe, Steamship Company Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1900-1918
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Rare large world traffic globe of the steamship company Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen.
Between 1900 and 1918, Welt-Reise Verlag Berlin publi...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Paperweight with Mussels Amalric Walter & Henri Mercier, Nancy
Located in Vienna, AT
Two mussels on a yellow stone base covered with algae. Signed 'AWALTER NANCY' and 'hm'.
Manufactory: Amalric Walter & Henri Bergé, Nancy, Lorraine, France
Dating of manufacture: circa 1920/1930
Designer:
Victor Amalric Walter (1870-1959) was a French glass manufacturer mainly known for his pâte de verre pieces. In the Cristalleries Daum at Nancy, France, he met the designer and modelist HENRI BERGÉ, with whom he produced the first pâtes de verre, which at the time were only signed with "Daum Nancy". After the war he continued to work with Henri Bergé. From 1919 to 1935 he cast no fewer than 500 models with Bergé and other famous sculptors or designers, always in few numbers due to the sophisticated technique of glass kiln casting.
Henri Mercier...
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Art Nouveau Foliage Silver Overlay Black Glass Inkwell Four Piece Desk set
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rare silver overlay on black glass desk set containing an inkwell (2 pieces), blotter, double pen holder and letter opener. The set is decorated with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver
Huge Gucci Advertising Display Stand
By Gucci
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant Gucci display in brown Lucite and golden metal stand.
Category
1990s Italian Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
American Art Nouveau Swirl Paperweight by, Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Art Nouveau gilt bronze and mosaic inlaid TIffany Favrile "Swirl Paperweight" by, Tiffany Studios decorated with an organic swirl pattern...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Huge Pair of Vintage Polished Brass Duck Bookends by Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Houston, TX
Large pair of Hollywood Regency polished brass bookends by Sarreid Ltd. This handsome pair of brass bookends is the largest size we have seen. Dimensions: 10" H, 7.25" D and 5.5" W. They are in great condition and date to the 1960s. This large pair of Sarried brass...
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1960s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique French Art Nouveau Silver & Enamel Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau inkwell. Made by Emile Langlois in Paris, ca 1920. Hemispheric clear glass bowl with garland acid-etched to sides and diaper cut to underside. Neck collar 950 silver as i...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
French Art Nouveau Bronze Dore Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Art Nouveau (Secessionist-style) bronze dore double inkwell with floral design and green fabric under glass base.
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
German Art Nouveau Pewter Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
German Art Nouveau pewter inkstand with scroll designs supporting a square cut glass inkwell with a square molded pewter lid.
Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Priests of Pallas Festival Kansas City Chinese Cloisonné Card Tray, 1906
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and scarce Chinese attributed Art Nouveau cloisonné card tray made for the Priests of Pallas Festival in Kansas City in 1906. The Festival wa...
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Early 1900s Chinese Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Bronze "Elegant Lady" by Georges Van der Straeten
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Late 19th century bronze by Belgian sculptor Georges Van der Straeten (1856-1941) depicting a stylish young maiden standing with a hat on her hands. Signed Van der Straeten on base ,...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Bronze Floral Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Art Nouveau bronze floral design inkwell with handles and iridescent glass well.
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Parisian Art Nouveau Marble Double Inkwell
Located in Forney, TX
A spectacular and unique period Parisian Art Nouveau bronze. Handcrafted in Paris, France in the late 19th- early 20th century, having a rectangular marbl...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Photo Frame Art Nouveau Silver Brass and Venetian Glass
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Illumination red is an Art Nouveau Italian photo frame with Murano glass. Illumination red is an art-design photo frame, proudly handmade in Italy by master of crafts. silvered brass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Inkwell by Albert Marionnet, 'French'
Located in Paris, FR
Late 19th century Art Nouveau inkwell and tidy crafted of bronze with brown and black patina, featuring an eagle with spread wings on a rock. This desktop piece includes two containers for ink hidden in the naturalist landscape. Signed on the base A Marionnet and underneath A. Marionnet BRONZES...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany & Co. Art Nouveau Sterling Silver and Engraved Glass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver and clear glass inkwell. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Bellied and lobed clear glass base with short inset foot and carved and engraved stylized flow...
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Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Brass Letter and Paper Holder
Located in London, GB
A wall mounted Art Nouveau letter and paper holder.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Jugendstil Broom and Shovel, circa 1908
Located in Wien, AT
Jugendstil broom and shovel, circa 1908
Polished and stove enamelled.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Pair of Barbotine Ceramic Dishes, Art Nouveau Period, France, circa 1890
By Barbotine
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of Barbotine ceramic dishes, Art Nouveau Period, France, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Gilt Bronze Letter Opener with Figure of a Dog, circa 1900
Located in Petaluma, CA
We bought a nice collection of letter openers and a few were very special, this is one of them. A nice presentation of an adorable dog moving along on the handle portion of the lette...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Inkwell with Bear's Head, France, ca. 1880
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze inkwell in the shape of a bear's head with glass eyes.
The sculpture is mounted on a red marble base and has a glass container. ...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Michael Jackson Opus Large Collector Table Book
By Opus Canada
Located in North Hollywood, CA
"The Official Michael Jackson Opus" is the definitive publication about the ‘King of Pop’.
Featuring over 300 spectacular photos, many rare and p...
Category
Early 2000s American Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Sterling Silver Large Smoke Topaz Rosewood Paperweight
Located in Westport, CT
Sterling silver large genuine smoke Topaz, rosewood elaborate decorative desk paperweight.
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Inkwell WMF Germany (Juatice) silver plate crica 1920 Art nuveau.
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Inkwell WMF Germany (Juatice)
silver plate,
crica 1920 Art nuveau.
Art nouveau, modernist art or modernism was an international artistic and decorative movement, developed between ap...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
A. Duchene Art Nouveau Set in Gilded Bronze Signed A.Duchène circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A. DUCHENE
Art Nouveau set in gilded bronze composed of two letter ops, decorated in relief with a nymph and a putti, and a seal with a faun's head, in their original box. Signed "A...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Silvered Brass and Gilt Encrier with Shepherdess and Monogram, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
This charming encrier, or inkwell, is made from silvered brass and gilt bronze. A central gilded figure holding a shepherd’s crook stands on top of a hexagonal pedestal with supporti...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Pair of Vintage Brass and Wood Stag Bookends
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of vintage brass and wood stag bookends.
Great tall pair of Hollywood Regency brass and wood stag or deer bookends. These handsome mid-century booke...
Category
1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Iridescent Art Nouveau Art Glass Inkwell
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning early Art Nouveau threaded iridescent art glass inkwell, circa 1900s. The piece features a gorgeous array of rainbow iridescence from pinks to ...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Dorothy Draper Hollywood Regency Brass Cabbage Paper Weight with Label
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Mon choux! Here's Dorothy Draper's "peu chou" (little cabbage) as the french say. A neat, organically shaped petite cabbage paper weight from the Dorothy Draper Company, Signature Co...
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Late 20th Century North American Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Royal Worcester Art Nouveau Blush Porcelain Desk Stand Dated 1894
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and rare Royal Worcester Art Nouveau porcelain desk stand decorated in blush colors and moulded in low relief with trailing floral designs dated 1894. The stand is of recta...
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1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Austrian Painted Bronze Sculpture of a Buffalo
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A good quality late 19th century sculpture of a buffalo with fine hand finished detail, rare large size. Unmarked, in the style of Franz BERGMAN (1898-1963).
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Puiforcat Sterling Silver Pen Holder, France, 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Jean Emile Puiforcat elegant pen holder made in sterling silver and teak wood, France, 1970. Excellent condition and impressed manufacturer's mark...
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Pewter Double Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau rectangular pewter double inkwell with floral design and shaped gallery corners (Kayserginn).
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell by D. Alonzo
Located in Fairfax, VA
An amazing work, double inkwells in red coopery color bronze with flower and leaf accents and marble base.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Langouste" Pâte de Verre Paperweight by Walter and Bergé.
Located in New York, NY
A French "Langouste", pâte de verre paperweight by Amalric Walter and Henri Bergé. The brown crayfish with red spots straddles a green and yellow curved base. Circa 1920.
A simil...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Abalone Pattern Picture Frame by, Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An early 20th century American Art Nouveau Abalone pattern picture frame by, Tiffany Studios decorated in the 'Abalone" desk set pattern decorated with inlaid abalone and finished in...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique American Art Nouveau Silver Overlay Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
American Art Nouveau inkwell with engraved silver overlay, circa 1886. Bellied and faceted, short neck in silver collar and hinged and faceted silver cover. Overlay in form of dense ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Gabriella Crespi Wood and Brass Parrot Box, Italy 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Exceptional Gabriella Crespi 'Parrot' box.
Wood and brass.
Signed Gabriella Crespi.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau or Modernist Tray, Metal
Located in Madrid, ES
Modernist tray. Metal
Tray formed by a base with three holes worked like a leaf. Its upturned petiole supports a female figure dressed in a tunic fluttering in the wind. The delicac...
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20th Century European Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Green & Silver Mercury Glass Inkwell by W. Lund of London
Located in San Diego, CA
A large antique green and silver mercury glass Inkwell by W. Lund of London, circa 1890s.
The well is bell shaped with a brass hinged lid. There is a metal medallion under glass ...
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Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Gilt Hollywood Regency Bookends by Borghese
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice pair of Hollywood Regency bookends in a gold gilt finish in the shape of books with a floral cover jacket by Borghese of Italy, circa 1960s. The pair are in good vintage conditi...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Art Nouveau Brass and Marble Desk Set after Herman Eichberg
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Art Nouveau brass and green marble desk set with two original moulded white porcelain inkwells, repair to one, in the manner of Herman Eichberg, circ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique, New and Vintage Desk Accessories
Whether you’ve carved out a space for a nifty home office or you prefer the morning commute, why not dress up your desk with antique and vintage desk accessories? To best tiptoe the line between desk efficiency and desk enjoyment, we suggest adding a touch of the past to your modern-day space.
Desks are a funny thing. Their basic premise has remained the same for quite literally centuries: a flat surface, oftentimes a drawer, and potentially a shelf or two. However, the contents that lay upon the desk? Well, the evolution has been drastic to say the least.
Thank the Victorians for the initial popularity of the paperweight. The Industrial Revolution offered the novel concept of leisure-time to Europeans, giving them more time to take part in the then crucial activity of letter writing. Decorative glass paperweight designs were all the rage, and during the mid-19th-century some of the most popular makers included the French companies of Baccarat, St. Louis and Clichy.
As paper was exceedingly expensive in the early to mid-19th-century, every effort was made to utilize a full sheet of it. Paper knives, which gave way to the modern letter opener, were helpful for cutting paper down to an appropriate size.
Books — those bound volumes of paper, you may recall — used to be common occurrences on desks of yore and where there were books there needed to be bookends. As a luxury item, bookend designs have run the gamut from incorporating ultra-luxurious materials (think marble and Murano glass) to being whimsical desk accompaniments (animal figurines were highly popular choices).
Though the inkwell’s extinction was ushered in by the advent of the ballpoint pen (itself quasi-obsolete at this point), there is still significant charm to be had from placing one of these bauble-like objets in a central spot on one’s desk. You may be surprised to discover the mood-boosting powers an antique — and purposefully empty — inkwell can provide.
The clamor for desk clocks arose as the Industrial Revolution transitioned labor from outdoors to indoors, and allowed for the mass-production of clock parts in factories. Naturally, elaborate designs soon followed and clocks could be found made by artisans and luxury houses like Cartier.
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